Class overview

In this PLTW Medical Detectives course, students play real-life medical detectives to solve medical mysteries. They collect and analyze medical data, engage in hands-on projects and labs, measure and interpret vital signs, study the mysteries of the human body, and dissect a sheep brain. The knowledge and skills learned are used to determine how a breakdown in the human body can lead to dysfunction. The class finale involves putting all knowledge and skills to work as students investigate disease outbreaks.